Tullahoma Police are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store over the weekend. Store employee Bethany Hodges told Officer Sam Campbell that around 3:30 a.m. Sunday she was in the back of the store when she heard the front door open. She then saw a black male enter the door holding a black pistol. The man was dressed in black and was wearing a bandana over his face and a baseball cap. The man told Hodges to give him the money from the cash register. After the robber got the money he then fled from the store....

A Shelbyville man has been charged in connection with alleged incidents involving teenagers near his home. The Shelbyville Times-Gazette reports that Richard Taylor Napper, 68, of Landers Street is charged with four counts of aggravated statutory rape and one count of violation of an order of protection. Police say, Napper allegedly purchased gifts for several youths living in the southeastern area of Shelbyville and committed inappropriate acts with them in his home. He is being held on $200,000...

Tennesseans joined the rest of the country in paying off almost $35 billion in credit card debt in the first quarter of this year, according to a study released this week by the credit card comparison site CardHub. While the accomplishment may sound promising, Jill Gonzalez, the group’s spokeswoman, says it’s important to note that consumers accrued almost $46 billion in debt in the last quarter of 2014. “We’re getting farther from the recession, a lot of people say we’re not all the way out of it yet, but I think consumers are now willing and wanting to spend more,”...

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival officials report that a man in his 40’s died around 2 a.m. Friday morning. According to various reports, officials say the death appeared to be related to a pre-existing cardiac issue. The man was aided by the festival’s medical staff quickly after collapsing. The man’s identity was not released. Bonnaroo officials reported no other major health-related issues at this year’s festival as of Sunday afternoon. In other Bonnaroo news Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves reports that his department had issued 120 citations as of Sunday morning and the total amount of arrests was 66...

Late last week Tennessee State Trooper Tommy Lyles stopped a black Cadillac Escalade on I-24 eastbound around the 124 mile marker in Coffee County. The vehicle was speeding doing 90mph in 60 mph construction zone. The subject initially stopped, but it was later discovered that the driver was wanted out of Wisconsin for a probation violation, on a charge of armed robbery. The trooper then noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and requested a K9 unit from the Coffee County Sheriff’s department to assist with the stop. The trooper then advised dispatch that he was...